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Newo
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Spain
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 Posted - 10/28/2004 : 06:14:12
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How´d you find it, Wilhelm?
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece. |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 11/24/2004 : 11:47:12
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I've read it once now and I'll have to read it again. There are some incredible stretches of writing in the book. I found some sentences difficult to grasp, had to repeat reading them a few times (maybe I'll have to go back and study English some more).
At times this novel made me feel like TarTar did in his Your mind fucking with you upon waking up thread. I read a phrase and get this foggy waking up from a dream impression.
I don't know if I'm making sense here but I'll definately read some more Pynchon.
I liked Oedipa a lot.
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Posted - 11/24/2004 : 15:19:56
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It's the only Pynchon I've ever read, and I really liked it. I don't know why I haven't read more, maybe I'm wary of the one-good-book curse
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 11/24/2004 : 17:57:57
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i tried reading "V" as a young lad and didn't "get" it. i should try reading some Pynchon again
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 11/25/2004 : 06:03:53
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Reread V and Gravity's Rainbow this summer. Both make excellent pillows at the beach when you don't feel like reading. First time i read V I didn't get much of it, and second time I couldn't put it down, don't think I've ever experienced an enjoyment-curve to that degree with a book before. Gravity's Rainbow is ones of those books with everything.
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Moving from the clown to the jester will mean moving from similar to same, from alike to identical, from comparable to analogous. Though applied differently, the colours used on one can be used on another, and a couple of changes of costume will rapidly transform the jester into a clown and the clown into a jester. Strictly speaking, they almost duplicate each other as regards clothes and function, the only difference between them, from a social point of view, is that clowns do not usually visit the palaces of kings. |
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Posted - 11/28/2004 : 18:31:34
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I just read Bear V Shark which had unabashed Pynchon leanings..
sharing.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 11/30/2004 : 07:24:06
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That looks pretty interesting, Tre. In Don DeLillo´s first book he had a character constantly musing over who´d win in animal contests like that.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 11/30/2004 : 10:00:00
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i read AMERICANA in college, but don't remember any characters talking about animal contests. but then, like college, it's a little fuzzy to me.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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